Retiring Dad Gives Thousand Yard Stare.

A post on reddit in r/pics titled My dad is retiring today after 44 years gives us a glimpse into the, what is in my opinion, stark realization that a life of busting your butt to raise a family may not be all it’s cracked up to be.

First I will fully acknowledge that I may be completely wrong on this. It is certainly possible that this man is proud of what he has achieved working at his company, that he is proud of the family he raised, and if that is sufficient for his goals in life… well good for him.

But just give this picture a look and ask yourself, does this man truly look happy to you? because what I see is a man that worked his ass off for four and a half decades and now realizes that he is in the twilight of his life, and never really got to do what he truly wanted to, whatever that may be. He looks as if he’s looking through the camera, through the walls of the house that surround him and is instead staring head on into his own mortality, wishing he had taken more time to see the world or pursue a hobby or read or whatever.

I’m not saying hard work is wrong, im simply saying that hard work for anyone other than yourself just may lead you to this, gazing into the abyss wondering where your life whent. Think long and hard folks before you encumber yourself with the burden of a family.

This problem goes even beyond MGTOW and simply just work culture, idealisms and narrative. Our current society operates on the hopes and dreams of millions upon millions of people who never really end up achieving their them. Broken dreams and the road to them is what greases the gears of society.

We as people just might need to take life less seriously (if at all) or else we just might find ourselves feeling foolish in middle age.

♂ Yes, my father was like this – always doing favors for everyone, being pleasant, very busy, his wife was frustrated with him. ¶ Has anyone noticed this? Pick up artists, as much as I hate them for being traitors, also know about this very well: Most of “sexual harrasment” claims or complaining of being objectified is actually done to more conservative types of males. Females create the double standard for the lover & the provider. A perfect guy – a dentist: good, stable 6 figure income, very nice-guy, when these guys try to express themselves or even do some flirting – getting out of that “little box” that women want to put him in as just a provider, they do “beta male” shaming. Of other words: She likes it when another male does it because he’s more rude or impulsive. There really is a double standard between logical male & the lover/female emulator because females like to shame the logical types; “Hey, you don’t try to get any.” That’s why if, like, a single male principle is rumored to have had getting his penis sucked by a fat woman, it’s seen as a “scandal” & him “a pervert”, or whatever, but if an artist has sex with 10 women in 2 weeks, he’s treated differently, even if that artist was married. “We don’t need anymore of that from productive types, we need more sociopaths.” etc.. Harmless males are “creepy”. That’s female “logic”. The noble virtues/discipline/being a hero – being a nice-guy is “pathetic”, or only useful, etc. – also female logic.﻿

oh god dude literally all of your comments are just about “libertarian tough guys” and how is should launch a crusade against them or some shit, max is a cool guy and i appreciate the articles he’s written on here.

if you were to “launch a crusade,” my recommendation would be against the alt reich, but alas, there are too many “broes” in the man-0-sphere who would not like that…

(and you are, by your own words, part of the man-0-sphere.)

funny how “libertarian tough guy” upsets y’all so much…

it was a joke because many in MGTOW circles have talked about “rugged individualism” which very well may be the best course of freedom for some men…

…however, before all the alter-reichies were crawling around “men’s spaces,” many guys talked about “libertarianism” as if it were the answer without any detailed exploration just a religious like faith based acceptance…

…but we all know that that isn’t the answer because…

…technology ain’t gonna bring back those factory jobs in Ohio like Trumpypoops wants. We ain’t going back to the 1950’s dahrling…

…that being said, that guy you see as a slave mule might actually be content knowing he got a deal most men today could not get…

There comes a point when you realize your interlocutor is either a troll or mentally irregular. Never the oxymoron, never mind the complete lack of actually doing what you accuse others of doing; you just need to lash out. Maybe it all makes sense in your mind somehow, maybe you’re just jealous, who knows: your reply will be an incoherent jumble as always: “Alt-Right”, “Man-0-shpere” bla bla bla…

one of these men just spent every good day of his life watching a machine put sugar water in a can. the other is inventing his own solar powered bull dozer, that can be transported on the solar boat he already made by hand, to help him finish building a private castle on an island in panama.

Basically a picture of an empty shell who’s had all happiness, joy, individuality, talent, energy, soul, and life sucked out of him. With the appearance of a pipe poking out of his right pocket you could tell he started smoking, perhaps to forget the shit his life has become while displaying a wedding ring on the other hand like a typical slave. I would really like to know what resides in the private thoughts of them like this when they are alone with their aching broken down bodies, knowing very well they are stuck in a jail, that “sacred” contract, that they can’t get out of without losing everything.

Yea, you gotta go to bed early, sir, because you gotta punch in that clock at 7am in the morning, because you have mouths to feed. At least you get to call yourself “The Real Man.”

When I look into the empty, dead eyes of the broken human in the image associated with the attached article , I see the unfortunate reflection of myself at retirement. The time is now to break free from the societal chains gentlemen. Atlas shrugged……